STUTTGART training ground has been evacuated after an 8st WWII bomb was found by workers.
The explosive device, dating back to the 1940s, was immediately defused as terrified staff were instructed to flee the scene.
According to Bild, groundsmen were installing a heated lawn at the club’s training facilities when they discovered the bomb.
A picture shows a crater being excavated by the armed forces as the team diffuse the situation.
Katja Lumpp, a Bild spokesperson, said: “It is a 50 kilogram heavy US bomb with a mechanical detonator.”
She added: “According to the current situation, the evacuation radius is 200 meters.”
Stuttgart were not affected by the find and played away in the 2-0 defeat at Borussia Monchengladbach on Tuesday.
Part of Stuttgart’s training facilities, the nearby Mercedes museum and parts of the town centre were affected.
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During the 2009 renovation of Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz Arena, 34 bombs and rounds of ammunition were unearthed.
The Allies first bombed Stuttgart in 1940 and the city was repeatedly attacked, with the final raid coming in 1945.
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